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but anyways congradulations!!!! And good luck!!!
kara
Both my husband and I were avid pot smokers back in the flower power days (don't need to add our ages here). We smoked right straight through my 9 month incubation period and had a beautiful baby girl. When she was in kindergarden, she was continuously tugging my sleeve to teach her to read, so I began teaching her vowels and consonants (like long a a as in snake, short a ah as in cat). I read to her constantly and when she was in 1st grade, her teacher called me and asked if she could be tested for "Enrichment". I said sure, we met with the authorities, signed some forms and she was tested. She had an IQ of 140 two months into the 1st grade. She picked up reading in a flash and started getting bored because she could already read on a 5th grade level with 95% recall. Two days a week, she rode the regular bus to school, checked in, then was transported by van to an Enrichment Center where she mingled with other children like herself and continued to do so all the way into high school. She is now a gorgeous 26 year old mother of twin boys herself, highly educated and mirroring what her mother did for her with them (they just turned 5). When they visit grandma, we go to the library, I turn them loose in the childrens section, they pick out books... we go home and I read. She also smoked a little pot in her day and now you have a "Living Proof" story about the effects of pot smoke on 2 generations of children produced by, now ex-smokers. My opinion is to not worry about it. Have fun raising your baby. Let it discover pot for itself in its own time (don't you smoke openly around it- go private with your own use) because their own friends will inevitably produce a joint one day and they will use their own minds on whether or not to try the stuff. Incidently, my daughter speed reads and has 99% recall when she does and their is no thought problem produced that she can't decipher.
Feel better? You should, because children reflect the concern and dedication they receive from their parents. If you do well, even with a little smoke under your belt, they will also. Have a great day and congratulations.